The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-13
Incidents of the Cotlfsion.

Incidents of the Collision.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
HUNTINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE heroine of the
train aiiady by the name of Wrensenger,
of Carey, o.. who broke one of the rear windows
OF the car in which they were imprisoned. called
the attention of the other passengers to it, and
assisted several to get out while the fore end of
the in a blaze. Her Ipresence of mind
undoubtedly saved the lives of all who escaped
from the car. The coach contained about twenty
passengers, six or seven of whom are known to
have perished.
In addition to Dr. Wright and Mrs E. B.
Ayers, who were on the train, and both severely
injured, engineer Dorsey. fireman Willis and
brakeman Prouty, of the freight train. are also
confined to their homes here from injuries re-
celved. Dorsey and Willis jumped from the
locomotive. and both received injuries of
the SPINE Prouty was thrown from the top of
freight-car, a distance fifty of feet. His nose
was broken and his bruises numerous and
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heavy fog. and to broken eccentric on tha
passenger engine. The passenger train stopped
for water. the engine being on the center and
could not be started for some time. The fog pre-
vented the freight engineer from seeing the
passenger train until within eight car lengths.
The freight train running about fifteen
miles an hour.
A relief train was sent to the scene at once,
which returned TO this city about IL o'clock
Tuesday. A reporter interviewed many of the
passengers who gave it their opinion that
from ten to fourteen persons killed and
twenty wounded. There was no means of
egress except through the windows. DR.. Balm,
OF kenton, o., who was severely bruised. was
fortunate in getting out through the windows
and aided four others in making their escape
Ine cars burned very rapidly, and the terror of
the scene can be but family portrayed. The
screams of the imprisoned passengers. slowly
being consumed. were most heartrending, and
the survivors suffered untold mental agony at
the scenes of suffering which they beheld.
DIR. Charles l.. Wright was on board the train
and severely hurt He was seated with the fam
lly OF Dr. Perry just moment before the acei-
dent. but was standing at the door when the
collision occurred He stunned at first.
but tried to make his escape from the car
through the transom, the being partially
overturned. The flames drove him back. how
ever, and he fell directly through the window,
when he was rescued by one of the train men
The escape of Mrs. Edwin B. Ayers of this
city, was almost miraculous She was the last
person to be rescued from of the burning
coaches and was in unconscious condition
when pulled through its window. She reached
home on the relief train, badly bruised and suf-
ferlng from nervous prostratlon. The heartless-
ness of the railroad management in refusing to
give out information is illustrated in her case.
Mr.. Ayers had reason to think she was on the
Inflated train last night and, although he used
every endeavor to learn whether she was in
jured even alive knew nothing of her fate
until the relief train arrived a. the depot. The
feelings of Mr.. Ayers may be conjectured when
the train arrived and he clasped her once more
in his arms alive.